UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 96-7525 ELDER DEFORRORRORA LOCUST, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; JIM HUNT; JOSEPH H. LOFTON; LYNN C. PHILLIPS; FRANKLIN FREEMAN, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, District Judge. (CA-95-731-5-CT-BO) Submitted: March 13, 1997 Decided: March 19, 1997 Before HALL, ERVIN, and WILKINS, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Elder Deforrorrora Locust, Appellant Pro Se. Elizabeth F. Parsons, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Appellant appeals the district court's order granting the defendants' motion for costs. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. Locust v. North Carolina Dep't of Corrections, No. CA-95-731-5-CT-BO (E.D.N.C. Sept. 10, 1996). We deny Appellant's motion for default judgment. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten- tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 2